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Cold Springs CUA Dispersed
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · UT · 38.78266, -111.64380
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on U.S. Forest Service land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,144 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel15 mi
- GGrocery15 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- HHardware16 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- @Mail17 mi
- RxPharmacy17 mi
- DDump18 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- WWater34 mi
- ShShower36 mi
- OOutfitter39 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 15 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service · dispersed
Elevation
9,144 ft
State
UT
Coordinates
38.78266, -111.64380
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTwin Ponds (water) · nearby
- Nearest townSalina · ~16.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~15.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~18.2 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~15.6 mi
- PharmacySalina Pharmacy · ~16.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicSalina Family Medicine · ~16.7 mi
- HardwareJJWD Hardware · ~16.5 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCold Springs Cua Dispersed · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletTwin Ponds Cua Dispersed · ~0.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower Farnsworth Cua Dispersed · ~0.7 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletHarves River Cua Dispersed · ~1.0 mi SW · USFS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Twin Ponds CUA Dispersed~0.3 mi
- Niotche Creek Trailhead~0.5 mi
- Lower Farnsworth CUA Dispersed~0.7 mi
- Harves River Cua Dispersed~1.0 mi
The unit that manages this camp
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions are set by the unit, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Researched until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →